Yeah, kinda annoying the controversy happened. I'd too say the omissions from the original NG2 were due to his wanting to depart.

For those of you who don't know, his departure was due to his denied bonus for making DOA4 a success. That is: previous president agreed to a large bonus on conditions. Itagaki met those conditions but new president took over. New president denies bonus and gives him the "leave if your not happy with it" and so he did.

You'll notice that around early 2008 Itagaki starts being very cynical in interviews about his company and past works (e.g. Hayashi, Sigma was meh, Mission mode in NGB wasn't too happy, NG2 will be last, NG2 on Playstation will be loss of face to company). That was probably the time it all happened._________________I swear, games with Nunchucks and back flips should incorporate an involuntary suicide mechanism...

He's been around long enough. Likely one of the GameFAQs types who only comes around when a new game is out. That's precisely the reason I don't post at GameFAQs typically. He'll be gone in a month and if he's not, hopefully he learns to do some research before putting on his Keyboard Commando suit._________________

Wow, and I thought I snapped off on Primevil Demon (my bad by the way). CyberEvil has a tongue like the Dragon Sword Relax, dude the guy has 21 posts so he just joined the forum. Not saying I'm a "superior ninja" like yourself with almost 600 posts to my 60 or so. Yelling at him like that is gonna cause him to turn into those "GameFAQ thiefs" you hate so much._________________"Does it come in black" Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins

Man, I didn't look for one of your links in general info, and that instantly makes me to gtfo? Thank you. It's like I insulted your family or something. A great way for a first direct reply to someone YOU also don't know._________________Nastavljamo obilazak, ljudi! I tako evo jednog lepog planinskog sela, ako pogledate levo videcete galon krvi i kila kol'ko ocete ljudskog mesa